2023 Music Awards Ceremony
Music Awards Ceremony '2023', presented by Sky Music, was held on 25 and 26 January 2023 to recognize the best in the music of former Yugoslav countries. The ceremony took place at Štark Arena in Belgrade. Following a two-year break due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the third MAC was announced on 27 November 2022. The event for the first time included two nights, one focusing on pop, rock, folk, world, rap, and hip hop music, and the other for contemporary genres, like trap, drill, urban pop and pop-folk music. On January 20, Serbian actress Jelena Gavrilović and Croatian musician Tonči Huljić were announced as hosts for the first evening, and Serbian rappers Voyage and Mimi Mercedez as hosts for the second one.
Categories and nominees
Winners are listed first and are highlighted bold.Public vote-based categories
The nominees for the public categories were announced from 20 December 2022. The award system for the categories below were based on the public vote through the official MAC website and YouTube channel. The second and final round of voting began on 23 January.| Female Pop Song of the Year | Male Pop Song of the Year |
Marija Mikić - Kombinacije
| Dženan Lončarević - Tišina |
| Alternative Pop Song of the Year | Rock Song of the Year |
| Nika Turković - Dok nas nema | Buč Kesidi - Idemo do hodnika |
| Folk Song of the Year | World Music Song of the Year |
| Aleksandra Prijović - Zvuk tišine | Zorja - Zorja |
| Rap/Hip Hop Song of the Year | Collaboration of the Year |
| Sajsi MC - Ringe jaja | Saša Matić ft. Jelena Rozga - Ti i ja |
| Male Trap Song of the Year | Female Trap Song of the Year |
Devito - Marina
| Nikolija - Pilot |
| Balkan Trap Song of the Year | Urban Pop Song of the Year |
| Coby - Kada svane | Angellina - Oko moje |
| Drill Song of the Year | Pop-Folk Song of the Year |
| Crni Cerak - CC #2 | Hurricane - Ajde bre |
| New Age Collaboration of the Year | - |
| Voyage feat. Nucci - Gad | - |
| Concert of the Year | Album of the Year |
| Petar Grašo - Arena Zagreb | Milica Pavlović - Posesivna |
| Viral Song of the Year | Music Video of the Year |
Voyage - Tango
| Sara Jo - Divlja |
| Music Festival of the Year | - |
| Belgrade Music Week' | - |